Not Brand Echh #8

(June 1968)

This Is a Contents Page? (Table of Contents: 1)

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Script

Roy Thomas; Gary Friedrich ?

Pencils

John Verpoorten; Gene Colan; Marie Severin; Tom Sutton

Inks

John Verpoorten; John Tartaglione; Tom Sutton

Colors

?

Letters

Sam Rosen ?

Characters

Echhs-Men [Angel-Face; Beastly; Cyclomps [Hot Summers]; Icy-Man; Marble Girl]; Revengers [Wisp; Golightly [Hunk Pym]; Black Panter; Hogeye]; Knock Furious; Dumb-Dumb Dugan; Jimmy Woo-Hoo; Forbush-Man; Thung

Reprints

• in Not Brand Echh: The Complete Collection (Marvel, 2019 series) (2019)

Indexer Notes

contents page includes scenes from interior stories with additional art by John Verpoorten.

What Price Forbush-Man? (Table of Contents: 2)

Forbush-Man / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

Roy Thomas (credited)

Pencils

John Verpoorten (credited)

Inks

John Verpoorten (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Joe Rosen (credited)

Genre

satire-parody; superhero; humor

Characters

Forbush-Man; Dr. Bloom; Gizzard; Auntie Mayhem; Spidey-Man (cameo); Sunk-Mariner (cameo)

Synopsis

Forbush-Man defeats a horde of super-villains, then sneaks away from home to join the Revengers.

Reprints

• in Crazy (Marvel, 1973 series) #1 (February 1973) [reprints pages 2 (first caption box is altered), 3, 5]
which is reprinted
• in Crazy Magazine (Marvel, 1973 series) #58 (January 1980)
• in Not Brand Echh: The Complete Collection (Marvel, 2019 series) (2019)

Indexer Notes

this issue is a multi-chapter story

This Fan -- This Forbush! (Table of Contents: 3)

Revengers / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Roy Thomas (credited)

Pencils

Gene Colan (credited)

Inks

John Tartaglione (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Gaspar Saladino (credited as L. P. Gregory)

Genre

satire-parody; superhero; humor

Characters

Forbush-Man; Revengers [Wisp; Golightly [Hunk Pym]; Black Panter; Hogeye]; Dang; Fred (cameo); Barney (cameo); Alley Oop (cameo)

Synopsis

To audition to join the Revengers, Forbush-Man fights Dang the Conqueror in the year 1,000,000 BC.

Reprints

• in Crazy (Marvel, 1973 series) #1 (February 1973)
which is reprinted
• in Crazy Magazine (Marvel, 1973 series) #58 (January 1980)
• in The Avengers Omnibus (Marvel, 2012 series) #2 (2015)
• in Avengers Epic Collection (Marvel, 2013 series) #3 - Masters of Evil (2017)
• in Not Brand Echh: The Complete Collection (Marvel, 2019 series) (2019)
• in The Avengers Omnibus (Marvel, 2012 series) #2 [Second Edition] (2023)

And the Dragon Cried...Forbush! (Table of Contents: 4)

Knock Furious, Agent of SHEESH / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Gary Friedrich (credited)

Pencils

Marie Severin (credited)

Inks

Tom Sutton ? (credited) (see notes); John Verpoorten ? (see notes)

Colors

Marie Severin ?

Letters

Artie Simek (credited)

Genre

satire-parody; spy

Characters

Forbush-Man; Knock Furious; Jimmy Woo-Hoo; Dumb-Dumb Doolan; Ignatz (cameo); Dr. Bloom; Sue-Wannee Liver [Yellow Paw]

Synopsis

Knock Furious assigns Forbush-Man to infiltrate the Yellow Paw's secret laundry for super-villains.

Reprints

• in Crazy (Marvel, 1973 series) #1 (February 1973) [reprints pages 15-19, 21 (with altered final caption)]
which is reprinted
• in Crazy Magazine (Marvel, 1973 series) #58 (January 1980)
• in S.H.I.E.L.D.: The Complete Collection Omnibus (Marvel, 2015 series) (2015)
• in Not Brand Echh: The Complete Collection (Marvel, 2019 series) (2019)

Indexer Notes

Nick Caputo suspects the Sutton inking credit is in error and John Verpoorten inked the story.

Beware the Forbush-Man, My Son! (Table of Contents: 5)

The Ecchs-Men / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Gary Friedrich (credited)

Pencils

Tom Sutton (credited)

Inks

Tom Sutton (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Artie Simek (credited)

Genre

satire-parody; superhero

Characters

Echhs-Men [Angel-Face; Beastly; Cyclomps [Hot Summers]; Icy-Man; Marble Girl]; Forbush-Man; Magneat-O; Toadstool; Scarlett Wench; Slicksilver

Synopsis

Forbush-Man auditions to join the Ecchs-Men, defeating Magneat-O and his villain sidekicks in the process.

Reprints

• in Crazy (Marvel, 1973 series) #1 (February 1973) [pages 1-6 reprint pages 22, 2 panels from page 23, 26, 4 panels from page 27, 28, 30, 31 with altered George Harrison dialogue and caption box in final panel]
which is reprinted
• in Crazy Magazine (Marvel, 1973 series) #58 (January 1980)
• in The X-Men Omnibus (Marvel, 2009 series) #2 (2011)
• in X-Men Epic Collection (Marvel, 2014 series) #2 - Lonely Are the Hunted (2016)
• in X-Men: Children of the Atom (Marvel, 2019 series) #[9] - X-Men Companion (2019)
• in Not Brand Echh: The Complete Collection (Marvel, 2019 series) (2019)

[Epilogue] (Table of Contents: 6)

Forbush-Man / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Roy Thomas (credited)

Pencils

John Verpoorten (credited)

Inks

John Verpoorten (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Joe Rosen (credited)

Genre

satire-parody; superhero; humor

Characters

Forbush-Man; Sore (cameo); Scaredevil (cameo); Auntie Mayhem; Beatles (cameo)

Reprints

• in Crazy (Marvel, 1973 series) #1 (February 1973)
which is reprinted
• in Crazy Magazine (Marvel, 1973 series) #58 (January 1980)
• in The X-Men Omnibus (Marvel, 2009 series) #2 (2011)
• in Not Brand Echh: The Complete Collection (Marvel, 2019 series) (2019)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

This Is a Letters Page ? / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script

Roy Thomas ?

Letters

Sam Rosen; typeset

Reprints

• in Not Brand Echh: The Complete Collection (Marvel, 2019 series) (2019)

Indexer Notes

includes letters by Philip Cassidy, Martin Stern, Sgt. C.M. Duncan, Roger Fieldhouse, Arpad de Szeoeczy and a next issue blurb